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達斯生於東孟加拉吉大港一個印度教徒(Hindu)家庭。他早年入加爾各答的管轄區學院(Presidency College,管轄區(Presidency)指孟加拉管轄區)。1874年,他被任命為大吉嶺的菩提寄宿學校(Bhutia Boarding School)校長。
1878年,一位藏族教師、喇嘛伍金嘉措(Ugyen-gyatso)為達斯取得了赴扎什倫布寺的護照。1879年6月,達斯和伍金嘉措自大吉嶺啟程赴西藏。他們在西藏逗留了六個月,並帶着許多藏文和梵文文獻回到大吉嶺。這些文獻成為達斯日後從事藏學研究的資料。1880年,達斯一直在大吉嶺研究這些資料。
1881年11月,達斯和伍金嘉措再次赴西藏。他們考察了雅礱河谷,並於1883年回到印度。[1]
他曾經一度作為英國間諜赴西藏從藏族人、俄國人、漢人那裏獲得情報。在他離開西藏後,他的使命曝光,許多之前和他友好的藏族人都遭到了報復。他在大吉嶺度過了餘生。他將自己家命名為「拉薩別墅(Lhasa Villa)」,並在這裏招待了許多知名人物,如查爾斯·阿爾弗雷德·貝爾(Charles Alfred Bell)以及河口慧海(Ekai Kawaguchi)。1882年,他會見了海倫娜·布拉瓦茨基(Helena Blavatsky)和亨利·斯太爾·奧爾科特(Henry Steel Olcott),這兩個人都是神智學協會的創始人。
1917年,薩拉特·錢德拉·達斯逝世。
著作
- Narrative of a Journey to Tashi-lhunpo in 1879 (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館). Government Report of the Survey of India Department (1881). 重印Narrative of a Journey to Tashi-lhunpo (How I crossed the Jon-Tsang-La Pass over 21,000 feet in the Kanchan-junga Range). Journal of the Buddhist Text & Research Society. Buddhist Text Society. 1899: 7– [2018-07-28]. (原始內容存檔於2020-05-26).
- Contributions on the religion, history &c., of Tibet: Rise and progress of Jin or Buddhism in China. Publisher: s.n. (1882).
- Narrative of a journey to Lhasa in 1881-82 (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館). Government Report of the Survey of India (1885).
- Narrative of a journey round Lake Yamdo (Palti), and in Lhokha, Yarlung, and Sakya, in 1882 (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館). Government Report of the Survey of India (1887).
- The doctrine of transmigration. Buddhist Text Society (1893).
- Indian Pandits in the Land of Snow. Originally published at the end of the 19th century. Reprint: Rupa (2006).ISBN 978-8129108951.
- Sarat Chandra Das, Graham Sandberg & Augustus William Heyde A Tibetan-English dictionary, with Sanskrit synonyms. 1st Edition - Calcutta, 1902. Reprint: Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi, 1989 and Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995 and 2000.
- Journey To Lhasa & Central Tibet. 1st Edition: John Murray (England) (1902). Reprint: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (2007). ISBN 978-0-548-22652-0. Republished as: Lhasa and Central Tibet, Cosmo (Publications, India); New edition (2003). ISBN 978-81-7020-435-0.
- An introduction to the grammar of the Tibetan language;: With the texts of Situ sum-tag, Dag-je sal-wai melong, and Situi shal lung. Darjeeling Branch Press, 1915. Reprint: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1972 and 1983.
- Autobiography: Narratives of the incidents of my early life. Reprint: Indian studies: past & present (1969).
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